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Contracts-Statute Of Frauds-Option To Cancel In Contract Of Employment For More Than One Year As Fulfillment Of Statutory Requirement, Cornelia Groefsema
Contracts-Statute Of Frauds-Option To Cancel In Contract Of Employment For More Than One Year As Fulfillment Of Statutory Requirement, Cornelia Groefsema
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, Hedda Hopper, sued on an oral agreement for her appearance on a weekly radio broadcast, to be sponsored by Andrew Jergen's Company. The contract was for five years, divided into ten twenty-six week periods. Defendant advertising agency reserved an option to cancel the contract by notifying the plaintiff thereof four weeks prior to the end of any twenty-six week period. Plaintiff was to receive $1,250 per week for the first twenty-six weeks with an increase of $250 per week each odd numbered additional period. Defendant repudiated the contract before any performance and plaintiff asks damages amounting to $495,000. A …